The latest point release of Zorin OS is here, as an interesting alternative to Linux Mint for those still searching for a replacement for Windows 10 as the dust settles over the ruins.

Zorin OS 18.1 is out . This is the first point release of the company's Ubuntu Noble-based series, arriving some six months after Zorin OS 18, whose beta version we looked at in September last year . This release picks up the updates from February's Ubuntu 24.04.4 , including kernel 6.17 from the Ubuntu Questing Quokka release .

The subsequent Ubuntu LTS release, 26.04, is due later this week, and last month we looked at the Resolute Raccoon beta . Zorin, though, moves to its own beat, with a policy of releasing new versions when they're ready.…